How Self-Control Predicts Moral Decision Making: An Exploratory Study on Healthy Participants

Chiara Lucifora, Gabriella Martino, Anna Curcuruto, Mohammad Ali Salehinejad and Carmelo Mario Vicario
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Chiara Lucifora: Department of Cognitive Science, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy
Gabriella Martino: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy
Anna Curcuruto: Department of Cognitive Science, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy
Mohammad Ali Salehinejad: Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
Carmelo Mario Vicario: Department of Cognitive Science, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: Research on moral reasoning calls into question self-control, which encompasses impulsivity, compulsivity, and inhibitory control. However, a thorough investigation exploring how these three dimensions can affect moral reasoning in response to different scenarios is unavailable. We addressed this topic by testing the predictive role of these three dimensions of self-control on appraisals for ethical violations related with different types of scenarios. Overall, our results suggest that all three dimensions of self-control are involved in moral reasoning, depending on the type of appraisal and provided moral scenarios.

Keywords: compulsivity; filler dilemmas; impulsivity; incidental dilemmas; inhibitory control; instrumental dilemmas; moral dilemmas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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